svetikya #312 - The glorious era of arrogance is gone
#312 - The glorious era of arrogance is gone
“— I won't go with you guys.”
Shimaki Yosuke dropped those words and ran off.
Although Zun Zun understood that he had the ability of [Omnipotent Persuader] and didn't need to waste time learning languages, shouldn't this situation be about sticking together for warmth—old friends meeting, tears in their eyes—why did he turn and run?
Could it be that he felt it would turn into old friends stabbing each other in the back, so he hurriedly fled?
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
“— What are you doing here?”
“Because everything is something I've never seen before, so I'm quite interested.”
Zun Zun looked at the various fruits displayed by the vendor, feeling quite curious about them.
“Boss, please give me one of these.”
“Huh? ? ? ”
He forgot that he didn't know the language of this world. Seeing the vendor's bewildered expression, Zun Zun also started to get a headache.
“Hey, you, if you can't speak, don't just strike up conversations with people, it'll trouble the vendor, right? Besides, you don't seem to have the currency of this world, do you?”
An elf bishoujo…
No, Elga grumbled as she said this.
Although she said it harshly, she actually helped Zun Zun buy that fruit, truly embodying tsundere justice.
“As for money, there's no need to worry. Didn't we dissect that dragon? It should be fine to exchange it for that, right? … Ah, so sweet!”
Zun Zun had a good impression of this fruit.
It looked like an orange, almost exactly the same as an orange, but it had no peel, and the taste was that of an orange.
“That would only scare the vendor!”
“Why? The rule of bartering should apply in any world, right? After all, trade started with bartering.”
“…Indeed.”
Elga seemed to be persuaded.
“Speaking of which, Miss Elga, you've changed into a new outfit, it suits you very well.”
“Really!? … Cough cough, don't misunderstand, I just didn't have any other clothes, so I wore this, it's definitely not carefully chosen! Got it!?”
Zun Zun just casually complimented her, and the elf bishoujo revealed everything.
It felt like baiting a big move with a basic attack.
However, the elf bishoujo was naturally beautiful, a striking presence even in a world of handsome men and beautiful women, so she looked good in whatever she wore.
“It's about time, let's go to Mount Dolto.”
“Mount Dolto?”
“That's right, the top of Mount Dolto is the Temple of Knowledge, known as the sacred place of knowledge. Transferred people from other worlds all go there to learn the minimum required knowledge. You didn't even know this, how stupid are you!”
“Miss Elga…”
Had she forgotten that he had only crossed over today?
Although Elga didn't have any ill intentions, she seemed to be using this method to show her usefulness, and her way of speaking could easily hurt others without her realizing it.
“Let's go! I have to go all the way to the holy mountain for you, how annoying!”
Like right now.
Zun Zun also understood why Shimaki Yosuke didn't want to be with them; it wasn't that he had any opinions about Zun Zun, but he definitely didn't want to be tormented with Elga, so he slipped away so quickly.
“Then Miss Elga doesn't have to go.”
“…Eh?”
“Miss Elga also has her own things to do, that's why she said that, right? Anyway, I know the direction to go, and I have the ability to protect myself. Ah, if Miss Elga wants to repay me, there's no need, it was just something I did on a whim. That's it, I'll go first.”
Zun Zun said goodbye, turned around, and left decisively. But as soon as he turned around, his arm was grabbed.
“Wa-Wait…!”
Turning his head, he saw the elf bishoujo looking shy.
“I also want to go to Mount Dolto, I heard there's a lost divine artifact there, I must retrieve it. So, so… I can reluctantly accompany you!”
“O-Oh…”
Although it wasn't a very good excuse, she still justified herself and followed, but her tsundere attitude at the end was a bit unbearable.
Zun Zun had no reason not to let her come along.
The elf bishoujo seemed very happy along the way. She often told Zun Zun about transferred people from other worlds, but those people weren't very important to Zun Zun.
However, Zun Zun also thought of something.
Why didn't he have a cheat given by God?
The only thing he could think of was that he wasn't invited, but intruded on his own, so he wasn't recognized by the system… or something like that?
Considering that God who had been working for 400 years and was slacking off, Zun Zun was both fortunate and speechless.
If TA hadn't been slacking off, he might have been sent back to *Konosuba*, of course, the worst-case scenario would be that he would have been annihilated directly.
Mount Dolto seemed far from here.
Zun Zun and Elga walked for a full 7 days before arriving at their destination. Moreover, the two of them had used magic to speed up along the way.
The journey was a bit boring.
Fortunately, the elf bishoujo accompanied him, which prevented the journey from becoming dull and lonely.
“Wh-Why are you looking at me like that?”
“It's nothing, I just think it would be nice if I could always rely on Miss Elga as a translator.”
“Wh-What!? I, I don't want to! I don't have the time to be with you, hurry up and get the blessing and leave this place!”
Did she get tired of him?
…If he were a man with severe insensitivity, he would definitely feel hurt, but Zun Zun knew that she was just being tsundere.
Unfortunately, he was equally insensitive.
Shimaki Yosuke had not experienced the era of tsundere, but for Zun Zun, tsundere was already a thing of the past.
“…Why are you suddenly crying?”
“I am grateful for Miss Elga's help no matter what.”
“Hmph, isn't that obvious?”
The elf bishoujo crossed her arms and turned her head away with a soft snort. Zun Zun looked at the Temple of Knowledge on Mount Dolto, hesitating to climb the mountain.
“What's wrong, are you afraid?”
“A little. I don't know if there's a chance that the magic of stuffing language into my head will turn me into an idiot.”
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“How could that be!”
She didn't seem to agree with him.
She obviously didn't understand Zun Zun's worries, after all, in *Konosuba*, stuffing the language of another world into your head had a chance of turning you into an idiot.
“…No, based on my luck, that kind of thing shouldn't happen.”
Comforting himself like this, Zun Zun walked up Mount Dolto without looking back, as if he had made some kind of determination.
He arrived at the top of the mountain.
Here was a building like a temple, with many people praying inside, looking like an alternative church.
Zun Zun certainly didn't know the god they worshiped, nor did he want to know, but since it was a temple set up to help transferred people from other worlds, they must be worshiping the gods of this world.
Walking into the church, an old woman greeted him.
He explained his purpose.
No, he probably couldn't explain his purpose, but because of this, the old woman immediately understood Zun Zun's purpose in coming here, and led him to something like an altar behind the statue of the god, with an unknown magic circle engraved on it.
A different magic circle from *Konosuba*.
At the old woman's suggestion, Zun Zun stood on the altar, and accompanied by a magical incantation, a beam of light quickly descended from the sky.
The warm light enveloped the top of Zun Zun's head, lasting for about half an hour.
He opened his eyes again.
“How is it, young man, can you understand what this old woman is saying?”
“…Yes, I can understand.”
How magical!
Zun Zun was a little surprised. This wasn't relying on learning and accumulation, or using magic to achieve the effect of being able to hear and speak, but using magic to truly stuff knowledge into his brain, and there wasn't even a risk of becoming an idiot.
He really hoped that Aqua could consider this for future transmigrators and implement this benefit.
What?
She's not in charge of reincarnation anymore? Then never mind.
Zun Zun stepped off the altar and bowed to thank her, saying: “Thank you, old woman. I don't know how to repay you?”
“No need, no need, this was originally a facility arranged by the gods for transferred people from other worlds, no reward is needed.” The old woman said with a smile.
…Zun Zun seemed to understand something.
Could it be that the lazy god of another world specially set up such a thing in order not to stick to their post, and then told every transferred person from another world to come here to learn the language of the other world?
It must be so, otherwise, after Shimaki Yosuke was transferred, the god wouldn't have specifically told him to come here, and even used Mandarin!
From this point of view, that god was just as bad as Aqua.
Just to be sure.
Zun Zun asked the old woman again if there were any obligations that transferred people had to do, such as being asked to defeat the Demon King as a hero in *Konosuba*.
Although he didn't necessarily have to do it, if he could help, he could—as a backup option for energy collision to break through the space channel.
The answer he got was no.
According to the old woman, the gods didn't have any mandatory requirements for sending transferred people, nor did they stipulate what transferred people were not allowed to do.
On the contrary, they gave the transferred people who survived in this harsh world a cheat that they could choose themselves.
…Wasn't that too kind?
*Konosuba* regarded defeating the Demon King as a non-mandatory requirement, but cheats were not chosen at will, they could only choose one from the list.
Was this the difference in worlds?
Zun Zun said goodbye to the old woman and left the temple.
As soon as he walked down the mountain, he saw the elf bishoujo listlessly teasing insects there, not at all like she said, that she had something to do.
Zun Zun wouldn't deliberately expose her.
“Cough cough.”
“Ah! You're back! How is it, can you understand what I'm saying now?”
“Of course, no problem!”
Elga looked happy.
Zun Zun also sincerely exclaimed: “I have completely learned the language and the minimum required knowledge. I deeply feel the friendliness of this world, vegetables and fruits are not alive, saury is a creature in the water and does not grow in the fields… Ah, this is a normal planting system.”
“Are you stupid, how could vegetables and fruits be alive, unless they are monsters? And if saury grew in the fields, wouldn't they become earth fish?”
“Nice retort, Miss Elga! You said the thoughts I haven't said for a long time!”
He couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
On the 8th day of arriving in another world, he learned the language.